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Emmanuel Adebayor failed to return from international duty at the Africa Cup of Nations in time to join his Tottenham Hotspur team-mates for training yesterday to leave André Villas-Boas with a selection dilemma today.

The Togo striker had problems with his flight home after his country’s elimination from the tournament in South Africa by Burkina Faso on Sunday. Villas-Boas, the Tottenham head coach, had given him a few days off on the understanding that he attended training at the club’s training ground in Enfield yesterday.

Although Adebayor arrived in London yesterday, he failed to make the session. Villas-Boas is understood